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I'm sorry but to me it seems to me that a lot of freight miles could be done with rail, of course you can't replace road freight (yet?), but in terms of ton-dis
by jokoon 6y ago
I'm sorry but to me it seems to me that a lot of freight miles could be done with rail, of course you can't replace road freight (yet?), but in terms of ton-distances, rail should still be a viable alternative to reduce carbon emissions on large distances, in many cases. The logistics of course are a little hairy, but the carbon situation makes it necessary anyways.
- specialist 6y agoDid some consulting for a railroad ages ago. They way it was explained to me, two of the (many) challenges are: - the logistics of coupling long trains reduces their flexibility, so favors bulk goods - trucking gets all sorts of direct and indirect subsidies that the railroads no longer get I've since wondered if different engines (perhaps EV), different couplings, or some combo could change the logistics calculus.